Certified InterPlay Leader
Rev. Jojo V. Gabuya (They, Them, Their), MA, MDiv, is a Certified InterPlay Leader, Chaplain and Pastoral Care Minister, Happiness and Well-being Coach, Gluten-free and Vegan Chef, and Social Justice-focused Interfaith Leader. Rev. Jojo uses InterPlay and other mindfulness and somatic practices in facilitating workshops, such as: “Transforming Oneself and Society: A Holistic Approach,” “Integrating Body, Heart, Mind, and Spirit Through InterPlay,” and “Loving Yourself, Living Life Fully, and Finding Your Rhythm of Compassion,” for Their TransFaith and Action Network. Rev. Jojo teamed up with fellow BIPOC InterPlay Leaders in organizing and facilitating “Body Wisdom’s Elemental Magic: To Amplify BIPOC Body Wisdom,” and “Root to the Bone,” an Interplay Untensive, which invited us to listen to our ancestral wisdom, honor our root systems, and move toward collective healing and transformation. And, They facilitated health and wellness workshops, which utilized the Core Elements of InterPlay, for college students in Merced County where They worked as a campus minister for four years. As a Hospice Chaplain and as a Pastoral Care Minister, Rev. Jojo has witnessed how movement, music, storytelling, and other art forms that are part of InterPlay's resources and tools, can provide comfort, ease, joy, healing, and peace to older adults who are either experiencing memory loss or suffering from trauma. Thus, Rev. Jojo has continued her Ph.D program in Practical Theology at Claremont School of theology. Last Fall Semester 2024, Rev. Jojo wrote a paper, “Empowering and Healing Formerly Incarcerated Melanin-Dominant Women Through InterPlay,” inspired by the untiring efforts of Women Healing and Empowering Women (WHEW), to complete the requirements for Their Liberation Psychology class.